Guest guest Posted January 6, 2000 Report Share Posted January 6, 2000 Ashish Chandra wrote: > >"Anand Natarajan" <anandn > > > > > >One interesting aspect of free will (if you can call it) is that both > >Arjuna and Vidura told Krishna that they do not wish to fight this war as > >its result was mass destruction. > >Krishna immediately excused Vidura who then proceeded on a piligrimage. > >However Sri Krishna bids Arjuna to fight. Why ? > > Vidura was a Jnani. He was dominated by Sattva Guna.To him > >therefore is the duty of teaching and not fighting. Therefore he was > >excused from the war. > > Vidura was a Shudra who did not have the duty of fighting the war. Arjuna > was and hence could not be excused. We also know that Bhishma Pitamah too > was great scholar, a Jnani but he too had to fight. Ofcourse, the rules > pertaining to varnaashrama dharma change during war, famine etc. But I don't > think Vidura was excused becuase of his being a Jnani. > > ashish Hello, I am no expert on any of this .. but it seems to me that .. the battle in the Bhagavad Gita is symbolic of the inner battle between negative ego attached to duality exclusively, & spirit free from form. The soul witnesses & suffers this inner war, staged for freeing it from the darkness of ignorance. If someone is a Jnani, then they have already won this inner battle, achieving equanimity .. yes? That is why they don't have to fight it. They already conquered their warring, duelling, dual human nature, & are aware of their eternal Self (unified). In my opinion, Col Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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